AI-driven convolutional neural networks for accurate identification of yellow fever vectors

TO de Araújo, VL de Miranda, R Gurgel-Gonçalves - Parasites & Vectors, 2024 - Springer
Background Identifying mosquito vectors is crucial for controlling diseases. Automated
identification studies using the convolutional neural network (CNN) have been conducted for …

[HTML][HTML] The Body of Chagas Disease Vectors

JP Dujardin - Pathogens, 2025 - mdpi.com
Morphometry is an effort to describe or measure the morphology of the body, or parts of it. It
also provides quantitative data on the interactions of living organisms with their environment …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change-induced degradation of expert range maps drawn for kissing bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and long-standing current and future sampling …

V Shirey, J Rabinovich - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
BACKGROUND Kissing bugs are the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of
Chagas disease (CD). Despite their epidemiological relevance, kissing bug species are …

Modelling Tree Allometries to Understand the Impact of African Savannah Elephant Herbivory Dynamics on the Vegetation Structure and Tree Cover Change in a …

NT Mukomberanwa, P Taru, B Utete… - African Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In landscapes with high elephant density, trees often exhibit more open canopies with fewer
branches and foliage due to browsing pressure. This can result in altered tree morphology …

Automated identification of Chagas disease vectors using AlexNet pre‐trained convolutional neural networks

VL Miranda, JPS Oliveira‐Correia, C Galvão… - Medical and … - Wiley Online Library
The 158 bug species that make up the subfamily Triatominae are the potential vectors of
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Despite recent progress in …